A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
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Page iii
... travellers of the present generation , while they lavish the highest talents on descriptions of personal feelings or adventures , of romantic na- tural scenery , of striking objects in the sciences or fine arts , have left few of the ...
... travellers of the present generation , while they lavish the highest talents on descriptions of personal feelings or adventures , of romantic na- tural scenery , of striking objects in the sciences or fine arts , have left few of the ...
Page iv
... traveller . This field of observation , so important to the political philoso- pher , is scarcely entered into even at home . It is perhaps too homely to attract to it talent in pro- portion to its importance . To collect ordinary facts ...
... traveller . This field of observation , so important to the political philoso- pher , is scarcely entered into even at home . It is perhaps too homely to attract to it talent in pro- portion to its importance . To collect ordinary facts ...
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... traveller no favourable impression of the spirit of the go- vernment . It is a duty of eightpence upon each parcel - my portmanteau pays eightpence , and Mr. Rothschild's chest of gold pays no more . A carpet bag and a woolpack pay the ...
... traveller no favourable impression of the spirit of the go- vernment . It is a duty of eightpence upon each parcel - my portmanteau pays eightpence , and Mr. Rothschild's chest of gold pays no more . A carpet bag and a woolpack pay the ...
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... traveller even with a courier or forbud to order horses , will be detained . at every post station for several hours . I made several short excursions in this beautiful neighbour- hood . I was surprised to find some implements of ...
... traveller even with a courier or forbud to order horses , will be detained . at every post station for several hours . I made several short excursions in this beautiful neighbour- hood . I was surprised to find some implements of ...
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... travellers do , a little box with provisions in my cariole , dine under the shade of a rock , and only trouble myself about inns towards evening . From want of forage in the country , and grass being as yet scanty , I found it ...
... travellers do , a little box with provisions in my cariole , dine under the shade of a rock , and only trouble myself about inns towards evening . From want of forage in the country , and grass being as yet scanty , I found it ...
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